Syllable Counting Worksheet

Pronunciation lesson 13: Counting syllables · Set 739 · 40 questions

How to say it (One beat for each vowel sound): Say the word slowly and clap once for each beat: el – e – phant = 3. Count vowel SOUNDS, not vowel letters: “school” has one sound (oo) = 1 beat. Do not add beats: film = 1, school = 1, asked = 1.

1. 1.Listen and count the syllables in “dinosaur”. (a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 4
2. 2.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) caterpillar (b) curiosity (c) rabbit
3. 3.How many syllables (beats) are in “biology”? (a) 3 (b) 1 (c) 4
4. 4.How many syllables (beats) are in “dinosaur”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 3
5. 5.Listen and count the syllables in “beautiful”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3
6. 6.Which word has 2 syllables? (a) cloud (b) important (c) happy
7. 7.How many syllables (beats) are in “sister”? (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
8. 8.Listen and count the syllables in “square”. (a) 2 (b) 5 (c) 1
9. 9.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) alligator (b) paper (c) friend
10. 10.Which word has 5 syllables? (a) asked (b) international (c) grandmother
11. 11.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) telephone (b) water (c) world
12. 12.How many syllables (beats) are in “plant”? (a) 1 (b) 3 (c) 2
13. 13.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) bright (b) happy (c) umbrella
14. 14.How many syllables (beats) are in “little”? (a) 5 (b) 2 (c) 4
15. 15.How many syllables (beats) are in “bright”? (a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 4
16. 16.How many syllables (beats) are in “monkey”? (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
17. 17.Listen and count the syllables in “happy”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 2
18. 18.Listen and count the syllables in “strength”. (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
19. 19.Listen and count the syllables in “answer”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
20. 20.Listen and count the syllables in “world”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
21. 21.Listen and count the syllables in “vocabulary”. (a) 5 (b) 3 (c) 1
22. 22.How many syllables (beats) are in “strength”? (a) 1 (b) 5 (c) 2
23. 23.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) butterfly (b) personality (c) biology
24. 24.Listen and count the syllables in “child”. (a) 4 (b) 1 (c) 2
25. 25.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) invitation (b) plant (c) answer
26. 26.Which word has 3 syllables? (a) answer (b) potato (c) international
27. 27.Listen and count the syllables in “tomato”. (a) 5 (b) 1 (c) 3
28. 28.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) personality (b) strength (c) sister
29. 29.Which word has 4 syllables? (a) geography (b) hospital (c) international
30. 30.How many syllables (beats) are in “celebration”? (a) 1 (b) 4 (c) 3
31. 31.Listen and count the syllables in “little”. (a) 4 (b) 2 (c) 5
32. 32.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) examination (b) rabbit (c) world
33. 33.Listen and count the syllables in “umbrella”. (a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3
34. 34.Which word has 1 syllable? (a) yellow (b) caterpillar (c) shirt
35. 35.Listen and count the syllables in “monkey”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 4
36. 36.Listen and count the syllables in “paper”. (a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 1
37. 37.Listen and count the syllables in “hippopotamus”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
38. 38.How many syllables (beats) are in “calculator”? (a) 3 (b) 4 (c) 5
39. 39.Listen and count the syllables in “cloud”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 5
40. 40.Listen and count the syllables in “friend”. (a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4

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